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07:36, 23 JAN 2026
£453m RAF Typhoon upgrade to 'jam enemy systems' will secure hundreds of º£½ÇÊÓÆµ jobs
North West
Defence Secretary John Healey says 'we need to keep our planes, our pilots, ahead of adversaries'
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Number of workers on four-day week rises, research shows
Employment
London has the highest number of newly accredited companies, followed by Scotland and the North West
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º£½ÇÊÓÆµ borrowing hits £140.4bn, exceeding OBR forecast amid fiscal challenges
Economy
Public sector borrowing stood at £11.6bn during December
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º£½ÇÊÓÆµ comms group working with Tesco and Hasbro strikes deal for content agency
Deals
PrettyGreen said the deal for PinPoint Media was part of its "long-term growth strategy"
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Food giant Greencore completes £1.2bn Bakkavor takeover
Deals
The firms had to address concerns from the º£½ÇÊÓÆµâ€™s competition regulator and have now received approval
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Taylor Wimpey cuts 2025 earnings guidance after slowdown amid budget uncertainty
Housing
Housebuilder saw shares fall as much as 6% in morning trading after it lowered its operating profit forecast to around £420m for 2025
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Coca-Cola 'scraps Costa Coffee sale' after bids fall below target
Costa Coffee
Offers from private equity firms including Asda owner TDR Capital for coffee chain fell short of expectations
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TGI Fridays º£½ÇÊÓÆµ shuts 16 restaurants with 456 job losses after administration
Retail & Consumer
The brand, which opened its first º£½ÇÊÓÆµ site in 1987, said it will keep most of its sites open after securing a rescue deal
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Whitbread sells nine Premier Inn hotels to Londonmetric for £89m
Commercial Property
Move is part of a wider £250m-£300m property strategy
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Popular sandwich shop hints at 1,000-sarnie giveaway for launch of first grab-and-go branch
Food and Drink
Fast-growing chain Sandwich Sandwich is preparing to open its fourth store in London in two years
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High street businesses urge MPs to expand rate relief beyond pubs as U-turn looms
Retail & High Street
Hotels, pharmacies, retailers and night-life venues are all calling for support
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º£½ÇÊÓÆµ construction sector in decline for 12 consecutive months as housebuilding gloom continues
Housing
Housebuilding seeing its deepest slump since the early Covid pandemic
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Majestic Wine slams Rachel Reeves' tax policies as profits nearly halve to £7.7m
Food and Drink
Watford-based wine retailer says Chancellor's Budget and tax policies among factors behind profit falling from £14.3m to £7.7m in latest financial year
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Claire’s and The Original Factory Shop collapse into administration
Retail & High Street
The two retailers were bought by investment firm Modella Capital last year
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Pay of FTSE 100 bosses ‘overtakes average º£½ÇÊÓÆµ salary in less than three days’
Your Money
The average yearly salary for chief executives of º£½ÇÊÓÆµ blue chips stands at £4.4m
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º£½ÇÊÓÆµ house prices look set to strengthen in 2026 after growth slows in December
property news
Changes to property taxes announced in the Budget are 'unlikely' to have a significant impact on the market, Nationwide said
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Chancellor 'quietly hammering' workers with stealth taxes, think tank warns
Politics
But the Treasury says it is making 'fair and necessary decisions'
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One pub shut permanently in England and Wales every day in 2025
Food and Drink
The largest declines were seen in the East Midlands, North West and Yorkshire & the Humber
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Farmers facing 'uncertainty' in 2026 but inheritance tax change brings 'huge sense of relief', says NFU boss
Food and Drink
Tom Bradshaw said the agricultural sector had experienced one of its "toughest years on record"
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FTSE 100 scores best year since 2009 and outperforms Wall Street as shares surge
Finance
Mining, defence, and finance shares led the charge
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Rolls-Royce chief executive on track for £100m pay out as share price surges
Engineering
Tufan Erginbilgic's share package could exceed £100m as the engineering giant's market value soars following his turnaround strategy
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The high street chains that shut stores in 2025
Retail & High Street
A raft of major brands have been forced to close branches as the retail sector continues to face tough trading conditions
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Everyman cinema chief executive steps down
Retail & High Street
Alex Scrimgeour has been at the helm for five years and has been replaced on an interim basis by a non-executive director
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Mothercare considers º£½ÇÊÓÆµ and global 'rebuild' despite falling sales and further losses
West Midlands
Baby products retailer says it has 'stabilised' despite posting further losses after seeing half-year sales tumble
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